Lives and works in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Art & Design
Reinhardt University, Waleska, GA, 2023-present
Fine Art Painter–oils, acrylics
The Tamara Deane Collection, Canton, GA, 2022-Present
Fine Art Painter–Realistic Surrealism, Workshop Instructor
Southern Studio Arts (owner), Atlanta/Winder (gallery)/Canton GA, 2013-Present
Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2016-2018
Lead Scenic Designer–Professional Theatre
Horizon Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre, Marietta Theatre in the Square, Atlanta/Marietta, 2007-2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Spring Awakening – Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA, juried exhibition, April 4–May 19, 2026
Renew – Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA, juried exhibition, February 6–March 30, 2026
All the Fixins (ATF) – The Reeves House, Woodstock, GA, juried exhibition, May 15-July 12, 2025
POP ART – Reinhardt University, Finch Fine Art Building, Waleska, GA, group exhibition, April 17-May 17, 2025
Metro Montage – National Juried Exhibition, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA, group exhibition, July 1-September 3, 2023
The Falany Performing Arts Center, Reinhardt University, Waleska, GA, group exhibition, March 2023
Small Town, Small Works, The Reeves House, Woodstock, GA, group exhibition, October 2022
Transformations, Southern Studio Arts, Winder, GA, solo exhibition, March 2015
Forgotten Memories, Southern Studio Arts, Winder, GA, group exhibition, May 2014
American Still Life, The Bascom, Highlands, NC, juried exhibition, September 2013
Plein Air Paint Out, Braselton, GA, group exhibition, October 2013
Decatur Arts Festival-Fine Art Exhibit, Agnes Scott College Dalton Gallery, Decatur, GA, juried exhibition, May 2013
Other Voices, PBJ Gallery, Atlanta, GA, co-exhibition, May 2011
Curious, Guillotine Post, Atlanta, GA, solo exhibition, April 2007
Spectrum, Lamber Gallery, Atlanta, GA, group exhibition, March 2006
MEDIA
RELATED EXPERIENCE & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Board Member, The Art Section: An Online Journal of Art and Cultural Commentary, international online magazine, 2020-present
The Poetry Project, press release, new work from five poets inspired by painter Romare Bearden, TAS Board member, event assistance, and graphic support, 2020
Oil Painters of America Member, 2012-present
Susi Bass Award Nominee, 9 Parts of Desire, Horizon Theatre, Scenic Design in Professional Theatre, September 2007
Arrowmont School of Arts, Gatlinburg, TN / Crafts and Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC
• Portrait painting, Instructor: Carl Gombert 2024
• Mural painting, instructor: Taylor Shaw, 2023
• Airbrush painting, instructor: Brandon J. Donahue, 2022
• Etching/printmaking, Instructor: Chris Mueller, 2019
• Plein Air painting, instructor: John David Wissler, 2018
• Large format drawing, instruction: Cornel Rubino, 2017
Hosted workshops and course development, Southern Studio Arts, various dates
• Abstract Painting
• Conceptual Creativity
• Painting in oils/acrylics
• Landscape Painting
• Plein Air Painting
Special Project: PDF, The Staalmeesters–The Evidence in Support of a Lost Masterpiece by Rembrandt, in partnership with Lloyd Nick, former Director at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art-OUMA, 2014
Special Project: PDF, Carl Jung, The Sacred Round, catalog and promotional collateral, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art-OUMA, 2012
Special Project: PDF, Chagall, The Early Etchings of the 1920s, promotional collateral, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art-OUMA, year unknown
EDUCATION
Restoration, Frescoes, Oil Painting
Lorenzo De’Medici, Florence, Italy, 2000
Intern, Digital Graphic Design Dept.
Pratt Institute, Manhattan Campus, New York, NY, 1986-1987
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1983-1985
